Blade holder and handle



p J. A. GAFFNEY ,45

BLADE HOLDER AND HANDLE Filed June 8, 1928 v l INVENTOR WITNESSESJamesl]. (far/n BY If! v n I 1 I ATTORNEY 15 of inserting and removingthe blades or for Figure l-is an enlarged transverse sectional 65Patented Apr. 8, 1930 s unirsio: sTATEs PATENThOFF ICE Application filedJune 8, 1928.- Serial No. 283,972. l

This invention relates to a holder and han- With the above recited andother objects dle for blades which is particularly designed in View,reference is had to the following defor utilizing safety razor bladesfor other scription and accompanying drawings, in purposes after theyhave outlived their uscwhich there is exhibited one example or emfulnessas a shaving medium. bodiment .of the invention, while the -Cltl1i1i55While many devices of this nature have defines the actual scope of thesame. been devised and marketed, they have all In the drawings:" beenopen to certain objectionable features F igurel is a perspective view ofthe blade and possess certain disadvantages. v In orholder and handleillustrating a blade assoder to meet with the various requirementsciated therewith.- v "-60 which tend to render a device of this natureFigure 2 is a side View thereof. 7 fully satisfactory in every respect,the same Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating the must first beinexpensive and second easily manner in which the jaws-are separated 01or readily manipulated, both for the purpose Insertion or removal of theblade.

completely separating the blade clamping Vi w aken approximately on theline 4.4 of I portion to cleanse and remove accumulations F gtlre 1. I VI I or matter which collect between said por- Figure 5 is asectionalview takenappro'xitions. The clamping portions of said device ately 11the line 55 of Figure 1." must also be readily connectable after their Rf rring t0 the drawings by characters 7 separation and this withoutemploying of reference, the vdevice is cut, bent and screws, bolts orother similar unnecessary 'm Cl f om asiligle sheet of resilient maandexpensive parts which consume time on t f PIOVIClG pai of S f l1d l1 thepart of the user in effecting the connection 'l d at One nd by a Curvedor substanand di ti tially semi-circular bight 12. At their free 7 Thepresent invention meets with the above the ms are widened to provide apair requirements and differentiates from devices 01513121558 p gj 13 d1One of which have preceded it, by the elimination 'Whlch law 13 isformed with openings or of theobjectionable features and disadvan- P fIatIOhS 15' and. the other of which jaws tag-es referred to. 14: 1sprovlded with up-struck or deformed 30 The invention specificallycomprehends an P t 1 Providing t s o re ponding improved holder andhandle for perforate l SIZE -l Shape pproximatelyto the Opensafety razorblades which is completely j g 15 111 the Jaw 13-and to'the openings Aformed from a single sheet of material to perforate blade member Thearms 7 provide, a, pai -0f anns joined at one endby and 11 -arereversely CllIlVBCl fI'OIIl their '35 a curved onn ti bi -ht, th f d-juncture w1th the bight to the jawswith the tions of said arms definingblade clamping CPHVQX Surfaces 1 fi g lajaws having interengaging meansadapted to QP- The h r r siliency of 'the imaxt d thr gh th f ti f th bld terlal from which the "device is formed causes 40 and interengagingmeans at the juncture of arms to nelimanytend to Separate. At a th fr dti f th arms ith th point substant ally: at the juncture, of theremainder of said arms for maintaining the M1115 Wlth 'l 13 and the arm113$ jaws in parallel lam i g r l ti th s id formed with an up-strucktongue-17' having arms being so formed that pressure exerted a laterallyprojecting terminal 18,"while the thereon at a point between theconnecting m 10 is formed with an opening 19of' a 130 bight and theirjuncture with the jaws eflects Size to snugly permit of the passage ofthe alimited relative separation thereofsufiicient tongue therethroughwhen the arms are to allow for removal and insertion of the movedlaterallyout of alignment. After the blades, without disconnecting andseparating passage of the terminal 18 of the tongue the arms. 7 throughthe opening 19, the inherenttend- W0 ency of the arms to re-alignthemselves moves the edge 20 of the slot under the tongue terminal 18 tomaintain the aws 13 and 14 in substantally flat engagement with eachother, while the portions of the arms having the tongue 17 and opening19 inherently spring apart a limited distance due to the fact that thelength of the tongue from its juncture with the arm 11 to its terminal18 is greater than the thickness of the material from which the arm 10is constructed.

Under this construction and arrangement, when pressure is exerted at apoint intermediate the length of the arms to advance the arms towardeach other to the position illustrated in Figure 3, the arms at theportions joined by the tongue 17 are first brought into engagement andwith this as a fulcrum point further pressure on the arms efiects arelative separation of the jaws 13 and 14; which is suflicient todispose the inner surface of the jaw 13 above the free ends of the studsto allow for the insertion or removal of the blade B. When it isnecessary to separate the arms and jaws for the purpose of cleansing thesame to remove foreign matter collected thereon, pressure is exerted onthe arms intermediate their length to initially cause the upper surfaceof the arm 10 to be disposed out of frictional engagement with V theunder surface of the terminal 18 of the tongue and to separate the jaws13 and 14 sufficiently that the sides 16 will be out of contact with theopenings 15, thus permitting lateral movement of the arms until the edgeof the slot 20 is disengaged from under the terminal 18. It will thus beseen that in practice, with the blade in place between the jaws, thearms 10 and 11 together with the bight 12, form a convenient handle forusing a discarded razor blade as a scraper or cutting implement forvarious other purposes than as a shaving medium, and that due to theinterlocking engagement of the studs and openings 15 and the tongue andopening 17 and 19, accidental separation or release of the blade isprecluded.

What is claimed is:

, A blade holder for perforate blades, cut, bent and formed from asingle sheet of resilient material to provide a pair of arms joined atone end by a curved bight, the free end portions of the arms defininglaterally disposed blade clamping jaws, one of which is provided withintegral studs and the other with apertures, said studs adapted toextend 7 through the blade perforations and engage in the apertures ofthe other jaw, and integrally formed interengageable means at thejuncture of the arms with the jaws comprising an upstanding tonguehaving a laterally projecting terminal upon one of said arms, said otherarm having an opening of a size to receive said tongue for maintainingsaid jaws .in clamping relation and for permitting a Signed at CollegePoint, in the county of Queens and State of New York, this 28 day ofMay, 1928.

. JAMES A. GAFFNEY.

